Do you have a minute for a story about Palermo.? Like you a solo traveller and Palermo fascinated me. And yes shabby ( in Italian??) but it's the people. I found a cafe and had an excellent dinner , amusing the locals by having a grappa as a digestif. 😂 As I was leaving, I asked Carlo the owner the best way back to my hotel. He said this late?? I will get you a taxi - if he charges more than 10 Euros, tell me 😱. Next day I went back to say thank you and have lunch. The owner explained it was May 1st fiesta party so only drinks in the restaurant. Seeing my disappointment be gave me a gin and tonic , said wait there Scozzese - 10 minutes later he reappeared with a steak chips and salad AND a bottle of wine saying " you can't come to my house and not eat".! Fantastic and to this day I remember and am grateful. Loved Palermo, thank you Palermo. Graxie Mille . ❤
Another wonderful video. You mentoined that there was an area that was dirty and shabby. I think that applied to most big towns and cities. On out road trip in 2011, we visited two cities that were super clean. One was Bruges, where we stayed a couple of days. The streets are cleaned every day, and it's one of the cleanest places I've seen. The other was Luxembourg, super clean and a wonderful place to visit and stay. Back to the video, I think that virtually all of the places you visit look very relaxing, it must be wonderful to be able to visist them all. Maybe one day I'll get another chance to visit Europe and follow in your footsteps to some of these places. I look forward to the next video, and thank you for giving me something nice to look forward to on my weekends.
Definitely, as I said in the video there are shabby areas in every city, in Palermo a bit more than usual… as well as graffiti and some neglect 😔 However it still has its beauty and wonderful monuments, squares and buildings! Thanks for what you said, I’m really happy to know that you enjoy the videos so much! Hope you get back to travelling soon 😃
I was in Torino and bought a return ticket for the tram. I took the tram from the train station to the other side of the Po where the hostel was. I did validate the ticket. However, after a siesta and a freshen up, I headed back I to town. On the tram, I got surrounded by inspectors. I felt glad that I had a ticket and it was validated. The inspector then said it wasn't valid as it was only to be used as a return within 4 hours. I argued that back home in Scotland a return ticket would be valid for at least a full day and only for a few hours was inconceivable. He nevertheless issued a fine. Not a good start to my trip. I felt that if I was Italian falling foul of the rules in Scotland then the inspector would have issued a warning not a fine. Still haven't paid it though 😂
Inspectors feel that by collecting fines ads monetary to the tourist bucket for the city but instead keeps travelers from returning because of bad experience. Once these experiences are shared keeps others from visiting knowing have such strict laws. After reading this will not go there.
Do you have a minute for a story about Palermo.? Like you a solo traveller and Palermo fascinated me. And yes shabby ( in Italian??) but it's the people. I found a cafe and had an excellent dinner , amusing the locals by having a grappa as a digestif. 😂 As I was leaving, I asked Carlo the owner the best way back to my hotel. He said this late?? I will get you a taxi - if he charges more than 10 Euros, tell me 😱. Next day I went back to say thank you and have lunch. The owner explained it was May 1st fiesta party so only drinks in the restaurant. Seeing my disappointment be gave me a gin and tonic , said wait there Scozzese - 10 minutes later he reappeared with a steak chips and salad AND a bottle of wine saying " you can't come to my house and not eat".!
Fantastic and to this day I remember and am grateful. Loved Palermo, thank you Palermo. Graxie Mille . ❤
Another wonderful video. You mentoined that there was an area that was dirty and shabby. I think that applied to most big towns and cities. On out road trip in 2011, we visited two cities that were super clean. One was Bruges, where we stayed a couple of days. The streets are cleaned every day, and it's one of the cleanest places I've seen. The other was Luxembourg, super clean and a wonderful place to visit and stay. Back to the video, I think that virtually all of the places you visit look very relaxing, it must be wonderful to be able to visist them all. Maybe one day I'll get another chance to visit Europe and follow in your footsteps to some of these places. I look forward to the next video, and thank you for giving me something nice to look forward to on my weekends.
Definitely, as I said in the video there are shabby areas in every city, in Palermo a bit more than usual… as well as graffiti and some neglect 😔 However it still has its beauty and wonderful monuments, squares and buildings! Thanks for what you said, I’m really happy to know that you enjoy the videos so much! Hope you get back to travelling soon 😃
I was in Torino and bought a return ticket for the tram. I took the tram from the train station to the other side of the Po where the hostel was. I did validate the ticket. However, after a siesta and a freshen up, I headed back I to town. On the tram, I got surrounded by inspectors. I felt glad that I had a ticket and it was validated. The inspector then said it wasn't valid as it was only to be used as a return within 4 hours. I argued that back home in Scotland a return ticket would be valid for at least a full day and only for a few hours was inconceivable. He nevertheless issued a fine. Not a good start to my trip. I felt that if I was Italian falling foul of the rules in Scotland then the inspector would have issued a warning not a fine. Still haven't paid it though 😂
Oh no!!! One thing I learned is that saying “In x country we do this” will surely annoy the person 😂 They’ll be like “Ok then go back there” 😅
Inspectors feel that by collecting fines ads monetary to the tourist bucket for the city but instead keeps travelers from returning because of bad experience. Once these experiences are shared keeps others from visiting knowing have such strict laws. After reading this will not go there.
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